Chilxius
2017-03-06, 11:51 PM
One of my players is playing an Ultimate Magus, and he's been flat broke all game. He wants to spend some down time scribing scrolls for cash. Can he apply metamagic feats to scrolls through Augmented Casting, even if the resulting spell would be beyond his ability to cast?
Augmented Casting (Su): Starting at 3rd level, you can choose to sacrifice a spell or spell slot from one of your classes to apply the effect of a metamagic feat that you know to a spell cast using another arcane class. (For instance, you could sacrifice a sorcerer slot to apply a metamagic effect to a wizard spell.) This sacrificed spell or slot is lost (just as if you had cast the spell) in addition to the spell you are actually casting.
The level of the spell to be augmented can't exceed 1/2 your class level. For example, when you first gain this ability, you can only apply a metamagic effect to 1st-level spells. A 10th-level ultimate magus can affect spells of 5th level or lower.
The level of the spell slot sacrificed must equal or exceed the spell level adjustment of the metamagic feat. To empower a spell, for example, you would have to spend a 2nd-level or higher spell. You can't use this ability to augment a spell already affected by a metamagic feat.
You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + 1/2 your class level.
Specifically, he wants to prepare a 2nd level spell as Chained, which would make the spell's effective level 5. The highest spell level he can cast right now is 3rd.
On a side note, can a wizard 'know' a spell that he is unable to cast? Could he scribe into his book a spell that he can't yet use (from a scroll or another spellbook for instance)?
Augmented Casting (Su): Starting at 3rd level, you can choose to sacrifice a spell or spell slot from one of your classes to apply the effect of a metamagic feat that you know to a spell cast using another arcane class. (For instance, you could sacrifice a sorcerer slot to apply a metamagic effect to a wizard spell.) This sacrificed spell or slot is lost (just as if you had cast the spell) in addition to the spell you are actually casting.
The level of the spell to be augmented can't exceed 1/2 your class level. For example, when you first gain this ability, you can only apply a metamagic effect to 1st-level spells. A 10th-level ultimate magus can affect spells of 5th level or lower.
The level of the spell slot sacrificed must equal or exceed the spell level adjustment of the metamagic feat. To empower a spell, for example, you would have to spend a 2nd-level or higher spell. You can't use this ability to augment a spell already affected by a metamagic feat.
You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + 1/2 your class level.
Specifically, he wants to prepare a 2nd level spell as Chained, which would make the spell's effective level 5. The highest spell level he can cast right now is 3rd.
On a side note, can a wizard 'know' a spell that he is unable to cast? Could he scribe into his book a spell that he can't yet use (from a scroll or another spellbook for instance)?